The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-22
Let England BE Warned.

Sir Wt-iiam H4rcOuIt told no more
than the tTu when he aSFpTtrd IA he
debAt. IN Parliament last Friday that
the greater part of The American god
which went to Ireland found its way
into the lckejs Of the diieI rack rens
landlords There is scarcely an irish
family in the United States that does
not send money to the fatEPrldnd to
maintain kirsman on the family lots
and acres Itthe Tories were not mad
as we'll as stupid they would carefully
refrain from abusing she funds raised
in other lands for the maintenance of
the Irish people. Churchill is fond OF
alluding to American contributions as
blood money but he, like many another
among the so-caiied mobiles. OF Great
Britain. should be the last 20 disparage
dollars which the have gained Uy mar
riage Since. however. tie present rul-
ing faction of Great Britain objects to
the monetary form American sympathy
takes, perhaps they may be prepared to
give more respectful attention to some
thing else.
The time seems to have come for the
government of The United States to en-
ter "A protest, not only in the name of
the Irish millions of this land, but in
the interests of international comfy
England has always been ready to pro-
test against the misgOveTnment of down
trOdden peoples She went to war to
= rescue the Turks from Russian aggres-
sion. She prepared for war in 1897 to
save the AfgbaDs from MuscOvite Sci
. ZuUe. She intervened in Egypt to save
the natives from the intOlerable burdens
/ of Turkish rule. She has repeatedly
demonstrated with Russia about the
, harsh measures dealt against the Poles.
She went to the verge OF war with Aus
tria on behalf of the Italian provinces.
Indeed. people whose lives were happy
compared with the Irish have received
the diplomatic aid of England. Why,
then, should our government hesitate to
open negotiations with the English
Cabinet on the subject of Ireland
Never was people so oppressed never
was province given over more ruthless
" to the barbaTism Of feudal tenure and
partisan tyranny. Under the cOntem-
plated Coercion bill ireland VIII be in a
worse case than the Tuscan duchies
when Austria held the territory, for
those unhappy countries preserved the
form of autonomy under Austria's arch
dukes. What the state of Ireland is
every one knOws-a peasantry ground
down by alien land owners; a magistra-
cY appointed by alien rulers parasites
applying laws that foreign greed and
malice devise. Bad as the present is.
the future is q hundred fold worse. for
when the pending coercion measure goes
into operation Ireland will be as help
lessly under the heel OF a handful of
maTplots as the South was under the
carpet baggers after the war.
The American government has re-
mained silent under this spectacle OF
savage misrule long enough to prove
that Intervention is not the passionate
impulse of undue partIsanship. In 1861
before the seeding States were even
agreed themselves as to what they
wanted, England FASTENED to recognize
the inchoate rebellion IS succsssf ul
belligeTency. We have waited one
hundred years and watched the expert
ment of a union brought about by blood
shed and fraud. and we have never off
cially protested. II is time that the
civilized peoples of the world raised a
voice against the OdiOus barbarism of
British rule in Ireland. France, Russia
and the United States have long looked
upon English government in Ireland as
blot upon civilization. It Is time for
the United States to speak officially as
it has repeatedly spoken through its
legislatures. Ii is time to ask England
20 deal with the Irish people as civil
lied governments deal with conquered
. or coordinate peopies.-N. Y. Star.